Shirt



'l. FREEDMAN May 15, 1945.

SHIRT Filed March 26 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN1 'EA/TOR. fme/ L .Weed/@ap BY `mRA/EY May 15, 1945. l. FREEDMAN SHIRT Filed March 26 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /N VEN TOR PatentedMay 15, 1945 amended iipiii` 3o, 192s; awo; G. 757) f The invention described herein, if patented, may be manufactured and used'by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates to shirts and more particularly to a shirt that is designed as a gas-proof shirt.

When poison gas is dispersed among members of opposing armed forcesfthe gas has been found to be very annoying by entering the slit formed in the sleeve of the shirts of the personnelas well as the loose cuffs at the end of the sleeves. Discomfort is also caused by the gas entering the closure at the front of the shirt.

An object of the invention is to provide a flap which can be folded inthe rear of the shirt closure and thus provide protection against'entrance of gas through the closure. The shirt, outside of these two particular changes, is of ordinary construction, except that theclosure of the shirt does not extend the full length of the shirt and the tail of the shirt is not notched, and is extended beyond the usual lengthy of the ordinary shirt tail in order that theshirt can enter thetrousers of the `wearer and extend further down the torso and thighs and protect f the band I6, a very tight closure is formed which i the crotch opening of the trousers of the wearer.

Reference now being made to `the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front view of the shirt showing the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the lines 2-2 of i Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the insert shown dash lines.

, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cuff before it is buttoned, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of thecuff after it has been buttoned. e

Referring more particularly now to the drawings by numeral, ID designates the shirt showing the improved embodiment of the invention having the usual bodyiwith a front ventor opening and tail portion Iland sleeves I2. The collar I3 attached to the body portion II is of a typethat can be used either as a sport collar or a dress collar and when used as a sport shirt, the closure flaps I4 and I5 areadapted to be folded back across-fthe,- oodyfportion of theehirlitf 'riieeieeves I2 are provided with a band` I6 which is secured to approximately one-half `of the `extreme lower end of the sleeve I2. The band II has a portion I1 that extends beyond the sleeve I2 and is pro- -1 videdwith button holes I1 which are adapted to l l co-act with buttons I8' on the opposite end I8 of the band I6. When the band is drawn tightly around the wrist of the wearer, the surplus of the sleeve I2 forms a neat fold l5 as shown in Fig. 6 and in this Way prevents any undue bulkiness around the wrist of the wearer. When the end I1 is drawn taut and fastened to theend I8 of would prevent the seepage of any poison gas up the sleeve I2. Positioned to the rear of the shirt closure are flaps I9 and 2D. Viewing the shirt j as in Fig. l, flap I9 is positioned to the rear of closure flap I5 and extends around and forms the iinished edge of the shirt to which the buttons 2l are attached. The flaps I9 and 20 are attached to the body portion II of the shirt by means of .lines `of stitches" 6 through the seams 2 I; these lines of stitches being indicated by reference numerals' 22'` and 22 respectively. The flap 20 is' positioned to the rear of the closure flap I4 and extends around and forms the finished edge 23 of the closure as shown in Fig.` 2 in which the button holes 22are positioned. Theflap 20 also forms the outside closure trim 23, and thus the iiap 20 and closure trim 23 areformed in. one

`piece as shown in Fig. 4. When the shirt closure trim 2'3 is buttoned to the nap I9, the ap 20 will extend beyond the closure trim 23, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and prevent any entrance of poison gas through the closure to the body of the wearer. When the shirt is opened and Worn as a sport shirt, the flap 20 can be folded backwards to the rear of the shirt front at the crease portion 24 and will then not interfere with the open neck .of the shirt. l The advantage of the flaps I9 and 2D beyond that of gas protection is that oneof the flaps I9 eliminates the usual shirt trim that is sewn to therea-r of `the shirt where the buttons are attached to strengthen this part'` of the shirt while flap 20 is folded so as to form the front trim `23 of the closure.

1e is believed that the foregoing description of l the shirt will clearly describe the fundamental principles of the shirt and itis not necessary to more minutely describe the invention.

It is to be understood, however, that the particular details of the invention may :be varied from those disclosed in the drawings without deupon itself, the body material at one side of said `opening being secured in the fold of said flap, i fastening means carried :by the outer fold of said flap, a second iiap member folded and refolded upon itself to form outer, intermediate and inner plies, the body material at the other side of the said opening being secured in the fold :between 0f said second flap extending across the front opening. i

2. A garment comprising a body having a front opening, a gas-proof closure for said opening, said closure comprising a flap member folded upon itself, the Abody material at one side of said opening being secured in the fold of said iiap, fastening means carried by the outer fold of said flap; a

second flap member folded upon itself to forma pocket having its opening extending toward the iirst iiap member, thevbody material at the other side of said opening .being secured to the second y ap member, and complementary fastening means the outer end intermediate plies of the second flap, and complementaryfastening means carried by the second flap, the fold between the intermediate ply and inner ply of the second flap forming a pocket yfor detachably receiving the iirst mentioned-side and iiap, with the inner ply carried by the outer fold of the second nap, whereby the first mentioned side and fiap may be detachably secured within the pocket formed by the second mentioned flap with the inner fold of the second flap extending across the front opening.

ISRAEL L. FREEDMAN. 

